Contents
CHAPTER
1 -GENERAL INRODUCTION
CHAPTER
2 -Differences in timidity and escape responses between predator-naïve
and predator-sympatric rainbowfish populations.
CHAPTER 3 -Inheritance of anti-predator behaviour and habitat choice
flexibility in juvenile rainbowfish (Melanotaenia spp.).
CHAPTER
4 -Habitat and spatial predator association and avoidance in rainbowfish
species.
CHAPTER
5 -Familiarity with the test environment improves escape responses in
the rainbowfish, Melanotaenia duboulayi.
CHAPTER
6 -Differential strategies and escape responses in male and female rainbowfish
(Melanotaenia duboulayi).
CHAPTER
7 -Problems associated with comparative studies of anti-predator behaviour
when conducted in the field.
CHAPTER
8 -Do female rainbowfish (Melanotaenia sp.) prefer to shoal with familiar
individuals in the presence and absence of predators?
CHAPTER
9 -Social mechanisms enhance escape responses in shoals of rainbowfish,
Melanotaenia duboulayi
CHAPTER
10 -Social transmission of anti-predator behaviour in the rainbowfish,
Melanotaenia duboulayi.
CHAPTER
11 -GENERAL DISCUSSION
APPENDIX
-Defining and measuring group sizes and reesponses